MDMA (Ecstasy)

With names like Adam, beans, hug, and love drug, who could resist such
a drug? Despite being a popular drug in the dance club, rave, or even
college scenes, there is now a growing popularity in many other social
settings. So abusers are no longer just "partygoers" looking for a good time on their night out. Ecstasy is a synthetic drug with both stimulant and hallucinogenic effects. The most common way of taking the drug has been orally in a tablet form, but this method is slowly giving way to other methods including snorting, injecting, and anally.

Effects:

PHYSICAL

PSYCHOLOGICAL

Due to it's chemical structure, it's properties resemble those of methamphetamine, methylenedioxyamphetmaine, and mescaline. These synthetic drugs are known producers of brain damage with an emphasis on degeneration of dopamine and serotonin neurons. The breakdown of dopaminergic neurons leads to the increase difficulty in regulating muscle movements, similar to motor disturbances of Parkinson's disease . Serotonin helps to regulate mood, aggression, sexual activity, sleep and pain sensitivity. In addition to damage to these neurons, it has been shown in primates that Ecstasy use has long term damaging effects on thought and memory.